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PAPAKURA COURIER, MAY 25, 2011
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Teens make harbour sailing history
By TROELS SOMMERVILLE
Man the deck,
above and right:
Crew members
hard at work on
the deck of the
ship.
Kicking back:
Crew members
aboard the ship
enjoy the view
as they enter
the harbour.
Land ho: The Spirit of New Zealand sails into Manukau
Harbour for the first time in the ship's history.
Photos: PHIL DOYLE
The Manukau Harbour
witnessed a rare sight on
Saturday.
The 148-foot Spirit of
New Zealand sailed into
the harbour for the first
time in the boat s
25-year history.
The 40 youth trainees
and crew aboard the
three-masted barquen-
tine were greeted by a
flotilla of Coastguard
boats, Surf Lifesaving
craft and local boaties.
The kids here will
have had a fairly unique
journey, Spirit of
Adventure Trust chief
executive Dean Law-
rence, says.
There was a good
opportunity. The bar was
at the right level, it was
rough enough to appreci-
ate the difficulty of it
while it was calm enough
to get across.
Not many sailing ships
come into the harbour
these days because it
means crossing its
dangerous bar.
But a $2 million refit
and a new, more power-
ful engine made the bar
crossing much safer for
the Spirit, especially in
the calm conditions.
Built up from sand
and silt deposits from
the Waikato river, the
bar shifts and moves
depending on the
weather systems that
sweep through the area
making it difficult to
navigate, Manukau
Coastguard president
Peter Van Rooye says.
It changes constantly,
because all it is is a big
bank of sand. No two
crossings are the same.
But there was more to
the occasion that just a
bar crossing -- it was also
a remembrance service
to the worst maritime
disaster in New
Zealand s history.
A wreath was laid in
memory of the 189 souls
lost when the HMS
Orpheus wrecked while
attempting a bar cross-
ing in 1863.
And after a few rest-
less nights at sea the
sanctuary of the calmer
waters of the harbour
were sight for sore eyes --
and queasy stomachs --
on board the Spirit.
Pukekohe
High
School s crew member
Joris Melchers says he
was one of only six
people not to throw up on
the first few nights at
sea.
The boat dropped
anchor in Big Bay where
it stayed overnight and
headed out bound for the
Bay of Islands on
Sunday. Each year the
Spirit of New Zealand
spends more than 300
days sailing young
people around the shores
of the country as part of
its leadership pro-
gramme.
Between 1000 and
1200 youngsters board
the ship each year to
take part -- hoisting
sails, climbing rigging
and sailing the ship.
Most of those on board
have never met, which is
all part of the bonding
experience of being on
board the Spirit.
MP3 players and
cellphones
are
confiscated at the start of
the voyage but that
didn t dampen the spirits
of 16-year-old Epsom
Grammar
student
Kimberleigh Jones.
I ve wanted to sail on
the ship since forever,
since I saw the boat in
the Viaduct, she says.
I love it.